The findings represent the first major results from OASIS, a program that uses advanced telescope instruments to seek out large planets and brown dwarfs.

However, astronomers in Hawaii just spotted a pair of exciting discoveries — a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf — using Japan ...

"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet ...

Clues about how galaxies like our Milky Way form and evolve and why their stars show surprising chemical patterns have been ...

A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to ...

Tyson’s ultimate goal was to image large swathes of the sky, measuring how galaxies’ shapes distorted as their light ...

Space weather is notoriously hard to predict, but one forecast map shows parts of Indiana might see the northern lights low on the horizon Dec. 8.

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

Doha: The annual Geminid meteor shower is approaching its peak, and skywatchers in Qatar will have an excellent opportunity ...